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Unbeaten: The Triumphs and Tragedies of Rocky Marciano by Mike Stanton (Paperback, 2019)
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Rocky Marciano was a legendary champion whose path to glory was so much more complicated than his undefeated record suggests. When he retired in 1956, his record was a perfect 49-0. Unbeaten is the story of a remarkable champion, a sport that was rotten to its core and a country that may have expected too much from its heroes.
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Sylvester Stallone's famous Hollywood franchise borrows its name from a less famous but very real man, Rocky Marciano. T'he Brockton Blockbuster' was the only undefeated heavyweight champion in boxing history. While Marciano's 49-0 record and knockout power make him a familiar figure in the annals of sport, his story, which weaves through the mafia's golden era in America, is more complex and largely forgotten - compelling, heroic and ultimately tragic. This is the story of an incorruptible immigrant son who chased the American dream in the middle of the 20th Century, then lost it in a changing world in the 1960s. Marciano's story unfolds in the back alleys of New England and the musty gyms and Broadway lights of New York in the years after World War II, when boxing reflected the tremendous societal changes sweeping America. Marciano moved through a romantic era of guys and dolls, hustlers and gamblers, crusty trainers and sleazy managers, glamorous celebrities and notorious mobsters. Marciano's quest for perfection came at a price. The All-American boy achieved his dream only to retire from the ring while still in his prime. For the last decade of his life, he wandered America, disillusioned, untrusting, hiding his money, cheating on his wife, consorting with the mobsters he had loathed for corrupting his sport, until his death in a plane crash in 1969, the night before his forty-sixth birthday.Product Identifiers
PublisherPan Macmillan
ISBN-139781509822508
eBay Product ID (ePID)2317683439
Product Key Features
Publication Year2019
Book TitleUnbeaten: the Triumphs and Tragedies of Rocky Marciano
Number of Pages416 Pages
LanguageEnglish
GenreBiographies & True Stories, Sports
AuthorMike Stanton
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height197 mm
Item Weight282 g
Item Width130 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorMike Stanton
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- 08 Apr, 2021
Excellent book, superb read.
This is the first time I have read a biography of the Rock. Great reading. Would recommend this to anyone who is a fan of the fight game. Superb!Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
